Here’s what Geoffrey McCormack said about his artwork:
Hanging in my studio there can be three or four paintings at different stages of completion. While one dries and others wait for me to describe where to take them, I view them for days in mid-process. I have always liked the green masking tape used to control edges, lines and white areas, and noted, “…tape could be an element of the composition while also exposing process.” Drawing with pencil and tape directly on 300-lb. (640gsm) Arches, I develop a composition of rocks, paper, string and now tape. Some tape is removed, revealing whites, and some tape remains, appearing to hold elements and the composition together. The remaining tape is reverse-masked, then removed and the void is painted to look like tape.